Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is Associate Professor of Theatre, Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of "Athenian Sun in an African Sky," "Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African-American Theatre," "The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion, and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films," and the co-author of "Shakespeare and Youth Culture," He is the co-editor of "Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance" and was the Founding Artistic Director of the Unseam'd Shakespeare Company.